Of mice and mast

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 323-330

  Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Jones, Clive G ^a   Wolff, Jerry O ^b,c  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 4243076478     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312946     Document Type: Article

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